ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,157, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"System to mitigate dynamic traction events in a vehicle" was invented by James R Hollowell (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Zachary C Rogalski (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for mitigating dynamic traction events in a vehicle includes detecting a wheel speed increase indicative of a wheel slip event, determining a frequency of a rate of change of the wheel speed during the wheel slip event, comparing the frequency to a threshold, and changing a traction control parameter when the frequency satisfies the threshold. In at least some implemen...